Rice — Yield in China
China: Rice — Yield was 7,150 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 7,150 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in China peaked at 7,150 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,079 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places China 10th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,079 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,370 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 2,683 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1964 | 2,829 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 2,967 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 3,144 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 3,101 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 3,187 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 3,142 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 3,416 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 3,314 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 3,248 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 3,482 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 3,503 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 3,528 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 3,496 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 3,637 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 3,981 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 4,249 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 4,144 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 4,332 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 4,889 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1983 | 5,092 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 5,363 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 5,250 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 5,327 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 5,404 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 5,282 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 5,500 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 5,717 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 5,637 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 5,796 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 5,846 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 5,829 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 6,021 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 6,205 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 6,311 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 6,353 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 6,334 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 6,264 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 6,152 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 6,186 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 6,061 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 6,308 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 6,253 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 6,276 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 6,422 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 6,556 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 6,582 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 6,548 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 6,686 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 6,775 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 6,710 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 6,810 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 6,886 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 6,856 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 6,912 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 7,028 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 7,056 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,040 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,112 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 7,076 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 7,132 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 7,150 kg/ha | +0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 7,150 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- China's 7,150 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,792 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,833 kg/ha | 2,079 kg/ha | 3,187 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,585 kg/ha | 3,248 kg/ha | 4,249 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,058 kg/ha | 4,144 kg/ha | 5,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,005 kg/ha | 5,637 kg/ha | 6,353 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,306 kg/ha | 6,061 kg/ha | 6,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,827 kg/ha | 6,548 kg/ha | 7,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,102 kg/ha | 7,040 kg/ha | 7,150 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 7 Peru 8,307 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,484 kg/ha compare
- 8 Greece 7,922 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,108 kg/ha compare
- 9 China, mainland 7,154 kg/ha compare
- 11 Spain 7,049 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 3,106 kg/ha compare
- 12 El Salvador 7,020 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 2,575 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 7,005 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,170 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in China?
- Rice — yield in China was 7,150 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 7,150 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,079 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for rice — yield?
- China ranks 10th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.